GeorgiaCOE: Kinesiology: Dept. History

Dept. History

Date	Event
1904	New gymnasium built at the Georgia State Normal School at Athens. Maude Kathan hired to teach Physical Culture, the first physical education at the Normal School. The Normal School later became the Georgia State Teacher’s College, part of the College of Education of the University of Georgia.
	Georgia State Normal School
1921	Physical education courses first offered to meet a requirement for the B.S. in Home Economics, State College of Agriculture. Martha McAlpine in the Division of Home Economics hired to teach physical education.
1924	Department of Physical Education for Women and a B.S. in Physical Education established within the College of Agriculture.
1925	Mary Ella Lunday Soule became Head of the Department of Physical Education for Women. She remained Head until 1960.
	Mary Ella Lunday Soule Head – Department of Physical Education for Women (1925-1960)
1927	Department name changed to Health and Physical Education.
1928	First women Health and Physical Education major students receive B.S. degrees.
	Women’s Physical Education Building constructed.
	Women’s Physical Education Building
1930	First master’s thesis in physical education published.
1932	The Department of Physical Education for Women transferred to the College of Education.
1934	Department of Physical Education for Men added to the College of Education. B.S. in Physical Education and B.S.Ed. with a major in Physical Education offered.
1943	Stegeman Hall, home of the Departments of Athletics and Men’s Physical Education Constructed (by the U.S. Navy).
	Drill Hall and Natatorium / Stegeman Hall
1946	Departments of Men’s and Women’s Physical Education combined into a Division in the College of Education. Ernest B. Smith was hired as Chair of the Division and Head of the Men’s Department of Physical Education. Recreation later added and the Division of Health, Physical Education and Recreation established.
	Ernest B. Smith
1960	Clifford Lewis appointed Head of Department of Physical Education for Women.
	Clifford Lewis
1964	Within the Department of Physical Education for Women, a research laboratory for the scientific investigation of movement, conditioning, physiology of exercise, psychomotor skills and general motor skills was initiated under the supervision of Marilyn Vincent. Research projects began for the first time.
1967	First Ed.D. with a major in Physical Education graduated (Mary Leslie).
1968	First member of Physical Education faculty (Marilyn Vincent) appointed to the Graduate Faculty.
	Ralph Johnson hired as Chair of the Division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
	Ralph Johnson
1970	West wing added to the Women’s Physical Education Building.
	Drawing of the Women’s Physical Education Building Addition
1972	First federal grant received by Dr. Ernie Bundschuh from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, U. S. Department of Education
1974	Ann Jewett hired as Chair of the Division of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. The Departments of Physical Education for Men and Women merged.
	Ann Jewett
1975	Pediatric Exercise and Motor Development Clinic established by Ernie Bundschuh. Michael Horvat later supervised this clinic.
1976	Human Performance Laboratory (later to become Exercise Physiology Laboratory and Metabolism and Body Composition Laboratory) established in Clarke Howell Hall by Kirk Cureton.
	Exercise Physiology Laboratory and Metabolism and Body Composition Laboratory
1977	Graduate program specialization in sport management started by Robert Bowen. Stanley Brassie and Carolyn Lehr later provide leadership for development of the program.
	Robert Bowen & Carolyn Lehr
1978	Marilyn Vincent Motor Learning Laboratory established by Patricia DelRey.
1979	Stan Brassie appointed Head of the Department of Physical Education.
	Stanley Brassie
1980	Fitness Center and adult fitness and cardiac rehabilitation programs serving faculty, staff and the community established by Harry DuVal.
	Harry DuVal

	Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
1984	Undergraduate major in Exercise and Sport Science approved.
1985	Doctor or Philosophy in Physical Education degree approved.
	Behavioral Fitness Laboratory (later to become Exercise Psychology Laboratory) established by Rod Dishman. Patrick O’Connor later became co-director of this laboratory.
	Rod Dishman

	Patrick O’Connor
	Muscle Biology Laboratory established by Robert Armstrong. Armstrong brought the first NIH grant to the Department and was the first to do animal research. Between 1993 and 2006, this laboratory was used by Gary Dudley.
	Gary Dudley
1986	Jack Razor appointed Chair of the Division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
	Jack Razor
	Human Performance Laboratory moved to the Physical Education Building.
	NASPE Curriculum and Instruction Research & Development Center established under the direction of Ann Jewett.
1987	Biomechanics Laboratory established by Kathy Simpson.
	Kathy Simpson
1991	The Department of Physical Education split into a Department of Exercise Science and a Department of Physical Education and Sport Studies. Kirk Cureton was appointed Head of the Department of Exercise Science. Stan Brassie was appointed Head of the Department of Physical Education and Sport Studies.
	Kirk Cureton
	NASPE Curriculum and Instruction Research & Development Center becomes Sport Instruction Research Laboratory under the direction of Paul Schempp.
	Paul Schempp
1993	Graduate major in Exercise Science approved.
1995	Departments of Exercise Science and Physical Education and Sport Studies moved to the Ramsey Center for Student Physical Activities.
	Ramsey Center
	Motor Behavior Laboratory established by Michael Horvat.
	Michael Horvat
	Autonomic and Cardiovascular Control Laboratory established by Chester Ray.
1997	Sport studies and management undergraduate and graduate programs expand over the next seven years with the addition of new faculty: Michael Lomax, Billy Hawkins, Frank Veltri, Sarah Fields.
	Billy Hawkins & Michael Lomax
1998	Undergraduate major in Sport Studies approved.
	An undergraduate program in athletic training and the Athletic Training Laboratory established by Michael Ferrara.
	Michael Ferrara

	Athletic Training Laboratory Staff
	Aging and Physical Performance Laboratory established by Elaine Cress.
	Elaine Cress
1999	Autonomic and Cardiovascular Control Laboratory renamed to Exercise Vascular Biology Laboratory by Kevin McCully.
	Kevin McCully
2000	Paul Schempp appointed Head of the Department of Physical Education and Sport Studies.
	Undergraduate program in athletic training nationally certified by CAAHEP.
2003	Marilyn Vincent Motor Learning Laboratory renamed to Cognition and Skill Acquisition Lab by Phil Tomporowski.
	Phil Tomporowski
	The School of Health and Human Performance, which contained the Departments of Exercise Science and Physical Education and Sports Studies, was eliminated as a prelude to reorganization of the College of Education.
2004	The Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education and Sport Studies were administrative merged as part of reorganization of the College of Education.
	Graduate program in sport studies closes for one year due to loss of faculty. New faculty hired over the next three years (Doyeon Won, Joel Maxcy, and Thomas Baker) restores program faculty.
	Doyeon Won, Joel Maxcy, and Thomas Baker
2005	Department of Kinesiology, consisting of the former Departments of Exercise Science and Physical Education and Sport Studies, was officially approved by the Board of Regents.
2006	Cathy Brown, an athletic trainer with research expertise in biomechanics, joins the exercise science program faculty.
	Department of Kinesiology doctoral program ranked 14th in nation by American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
2007	Muscle Biology Laboratory renamed to Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory by Lesley White.
	Lesley White
2008	Name of the undergraduate major in Sport Studies was changed to Sport Management.
	Bud Cooper joins the exercise science faculty as a lecturer in athletictraining.
	Michael Schmidt, a physical activity epidemiologist, joins exercise science faculty.
2010	Ellen Evans, a clinical exercise physiologist, joins exercise science faculty, as Harry DuVal and Elaine Cress retire.
	Undergraduate major and graduate specialization in Athletic Training approved.
	Doctoral program in Exercise Science ranked in top 10 by the National Research Council.
	Doctoral program in Kinesiology ranked 7th by National Academy of Kinesiology.
2011	Kevin Byon and James Zhang join the sport management program faculty.
2012	Department initiates M.S. program in sport management and policy at Gwinnett campus.

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